English test 8ª série

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PROVA DE LEM – INGLÊS

Leia o texto a seguir para responder às cinco questões abaixo.

Niemeyer, Oscar (1907 -)

Born in Rio de Janeiro – at the time, the capital city of Brazil – the architect studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Brazil  began to work in the Office of Lúcio Costa in 1953. The following year, 1936, and for seven years, he was part of team that, in collaboration with Le Corbusier, was responsible for the design of the Ministry of Education and the Public Health Buildings of the capital (Rio de Janeiro). In 1939, still with Lúcio Costa, he designed the Brazilian Pavilion at the New York Fair. Later, he became the coordinator and chief architect responsible for the development of Brasília. A member of the Communist Party of Brazil, Niemeyer was forced into exile in France, 1964, due to the Brazilian political situation. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1963. In 1970, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architecture and, in 1988, he shared the Pritzker Artchitecture Prize with Gordon Bunshaft.

1.     Qual tipo de texto é esse?

a)     Uma propaganda (   )

b)    Uma biografia em um verbete de enciclopédia. (   )

c)     Uma reportagem biográfica em um jornal ou revista (   )

d)    Um cartão com os dados pessoais de uma pessoa. (   )

2.     Justifique, em português, sua resposta para a questão 1.

3.     Quantos anos Niemeyer tem hoje?

4.     Onde Niemeyer estudou?

a)     National School of Fine Arts. (   )

b)    Lúcio Costa (   )

c)     Ministry of Education (   )

d)    New York World Fair (   )

5.     Um dos prêmios que Niemeyer recebeu em sua carreira foi:

a)     Le Corbusier (    )

b)    Brazilian Pavilion (   )

c)     Brasília  (   )

d)    Gold Medal of the American Institute  of Architecture (   )